vaken

See also: våken

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn

Adjective

vaken (neuter singular vakent, definite singular and plural vakne)

1. alternative form of våken

References

• “vaken” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɑːkɛn/

Adjective

vaken (neuter vake or vakent, definite singular and plural vakne, comparative vaknare, indefinite superlative vaknast, definite superlative vaknaste)

1. awake, alert, wide-awake
2. bright (person)
3. keen

   eit vake / vakent blikk - a keen eye

References

• “vaken” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakinn, from Proto-Germanic *wakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vaken (not comparable)

1. awake

Declension

Inflection of vaken
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vaken	—	—
Neuter singular	vaket	—	—
Plural	vakna	—	—
Masculine plural3	vakne	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vakne	—	—
All	vakna	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

vaken

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of vak

Verb

vaken

1. (deprecated template usage) Obsolete plural form of vakar, present tense of vaka. 2nd person only.

   Vaken fördenskull; ty I veten icke dagen, ej heller stunden

   Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour (Matthew 25:13)

Anagrams

• vakne

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Volapük

Noun

vaken (nominative plural vakens)

1. vacation, holiday

Declension

declension of vaken

	singular	plural
nominative	vaken	vakens
genitive	vakena	vakenas
dative	vakene	vakenes
accusative	vakeni	vakenis
vocative 1	o vaken!	o vakens!
predicative 2	vakenu	vakenus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only